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Alexander FERGUSON
(Abt 1780 – )
Elizabeth GRAY
(Abt 1799 – )
David TOPPING
(1798 –1886)
Mary BOYD
(1802 –1872)
Capt. Thomas Brown FERGUSON
(1837 –1866)
Anne TOPPING
(1833 –1905)
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Elizabeth Gray FERGUSON
(1866 –1951)

 

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Elizabeth Gray FERGUSON 1
  • Born: 18 September 1866, Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • Died: 28 June 1951, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland at age 84
  • Buried: 1951, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
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bullet  Burial Notes

Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Gravestone U46

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • She appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

John Topping           Head      35   Cromer, Ayrshire       Iron Faunder
Anne Ferguson          Sister    37   Cromer, Ayrshire
Mary B Ferguson        Niece      6   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elizabeth D Ferguson   Niece      4   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Janet Hamson           Servant   17   B Subject, New York


William Goodwin       8 Mo
Sarah Hill       15
William Campbell       9

  • She appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

David B Topping           Son               8   Mid Lothian, Edinburghshire   Scholar
Maggie G Topping          Dau               7   Motherwell, Lanarkshire       Scholar
John Topping              Son               6   Motherwell, Lanarkshire       Scholar
Mary Elizabeth Topping    Dau               4   Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Edith F Topping           Dau               3   Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Gertrude A Topping        Dau               1   Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Robert J Topping          Son            4 Mo   Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Ann Ferguson              Sister Visitor   47   Ayrshire, Irvine
Elizabeth G Ferguson      Niece Visitor    14   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elizabeth F MacSkimmeny   Servant          19   Ayrshire, Irvine              General Serv (Domestic)
Maggie Fairless           Servant          19   Wishaw, Lanarkshire           General Serv (Domestic)

  • She appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Ann Ferguson           Head       57   Irvine, Ayrshire
Mary B Ferguson        Daughter   26   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elizabeth G Ferguson   Daughter   24   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Margaret Topping       Relative   62   Irvine, Ayrshire
Robert Mcg Topping     Relative   52   Irvine, Ayrshire       Iron Founder

  • She appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Annie Ferguson         Head   67   Irvine, Ayrshire
Elizabeth G Ferguson   Dau    34   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Robert Mc G Topping    Bro    62   Irvine, Ayrshire         Retired Iron Founder
Letitia Davies         Ser    17   Blackwood, Lanarkshire   Servant Domestic


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  • She was buried at the Irvine Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1951.

    Monumental Inscriptions on the various sides of the David Topping and Mary Boyd family obelisk (gravestone U46):

    Side A
    SACRED
    To The Memory Of
    MARY BOYD
    THE BELOVED WIFE OF
    DAVID TOPPING
    SHIP MASTER GLASGOW,
    DIED 23RD NOVEMBER 1872,
    AGED 70 YEARS
    The Above
    DAVID TOPPING
    DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1886
    AGED 89 YEARS
    ROBERT McG. TOPPING their Son
    DIED 2ND DEC. 1916 AGED 79 YEARS

    Side B
    ALSO
    In Memory of Their Children
    BARBARA;
    DIED 25TH NOV., 1843, AGED 11 MONTHS.
    DAVID;
    DIED 15TH APRIL 1844, AGED 14½ YEARS.
    Also of
    JAMES TOPPING;
    SHIP MASTER,
    WHO WAS DROWNED ON THE MARGATE SANDS,
    JANY. 20 1855, AGED 23 YEARS.
    Much regretted.

    Side C
    ALSO
    MARGARET TOPPING, THEIR DAUGHTER
    DIED AT BLANTYRE 19TH JANUARY 1895
    AGED 65 YEARS
    IN MEMORY OF
    CAPT. T. B. FERGUSON
    WHO DIED AT CALCUTTA 7TH MARCH 1866
    Also
    MARY B. FERGUSON HIS DAUGHTER
    WHO DIED AT BLANTYRE 29TH JUNE 1902
    AGED 37 YEARS
    ALSO ANNIE TOPPING HIS WIFE
    WHO DIED AT BLANTYRE 1ST OCTOBER 1905
    AGED 72 YEARS
    AND ELIZABETH G. FERGUSON THEIR DAUGHTER
    WHO DIED AT BLANTYRE 28TH JUNE 1951
    AGED 84 YEARS

    Side D
    No monumental inscription on this panel.

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